Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Today I am sneaking out of hibernation to write a guest post at the lovely Vision and Verb (. . . a global gathering of women of this age). My sister Ginnie, a collaborator at V&V (and at her own photoblog Heart & Soul and blog In Soul), asked me to write about being a gramma. I am honored to join the women who write there, but what a challenge it is to gather in my feelings and set them down. Well, here goes. (Oh, and he is 6 months old today.)

Get everything finished beforehand, because it will be some time before you get anything “important” done again. Keep reading . . .

25 comments:

What a darling heart-breaker is James! What a wise little Buddha he looks ...

Excellent blog post on Vision and Verb. I would miss your lovely words so much were you to stop blogging -- I've missed you lately... but sometimes it is necessary to pause and re-group. It's good for the soul too.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you have come out of hibernation, Ruth, to write for us at V&V. As I already said there....

You know how much I adore you as a gramma, Sister...finally. HA! Being the baby of the family, it was a long time coming for you, I know. I can hardly wait to get my hands on him to steeze the squffings outta him!

In the meantime, to learn from our grandchildren, I've decided, is one of the main reasons they "happen" to us. And I still love the bumper sticker: "If I had known it'd be this fun, I would have been a grandparent first." :)

I love this image of you and James. I love how you are writing about him. Thanks for sharing your vision and verb with us today. (Not that I'm prejudiced, of course!)

Congratulations, Ruth, on becoming a Grandma! Little James is very gorgeous and looks adorable too!

Love your words on "Vision and Verb". What a beautiful and true phrase you wrote: "The day I met James, a few hours after watching him emerge spectacularly from our daughter, he became my teacher". So true!

So, it was just a "au revoir"! A 12 hoursz old James! Relly nice!! I wonder how many thousands of photos he may have to look back at when he gets a bit older! How many photos do you have of yourself as a kid? :-)

What a delightful surprise, to click on the bookmark called "ruth" on my macbook and to find a link to a new post. And what wonderful synchronicity as I am trying to learn the same lessons, but without the benefit of a zen grandbaby to help me. I too understand why you need the break from a regular blog, and I will be delighted the next time I check the link and find you here again!

Dear Ruth, I knew about sweet James's birth but I only just now read your post on V&V : what a thoughtful and inspiring text it is. Yes, being around a baby creates that sort of feeling, if you are willing to let yourself be drawn into it. I am so glad you are getting to experience all this but even happier that you wrote about it. I've seldom read something as beautiful about the art of being a gramma.

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